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N3 Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

()to air, to dry, to desiccate, to drain (off), to drink up, to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

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    1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      1.

      to air, to dry, to desiccate

    2. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      2.

      to drain (off)

    3. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      3.

      to drink up

    4. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

      4.

      to deprive of a role, job, etc.

      usu. in the passive

    All Forms

    干す 【ほす】乾す 【ほす】

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      (ぼく)毎日(まいにち)仕事(しごと)洗濯(せんたく)(もの)()(こと)です。

      My daily job is to hang the laundry.

      • N3

      (あめ)()れてしまった教科書(きょうかしょ)とノートを()()

      To hang-dry textbooks and notebooks that have been soaked by the rain in the sun.

      • N3

      自分(じぶん)(おか)してしまった失態(しったい)により(やく)()されてしまった。

      The role dried up due to a blunder I had committed.

      • N3

      今日(きょう)天気(てんき)()いので日向(ひなた)()布団(ぶとん)敷布団(しきぶとん)()(こと)にしました。

      The weather is nice today, so I decided to hang my quilt and mattress in the sun.

      • N3

      地域(ちいき)(ひと)から、この(あた)りの名産(めいさん)(ひん)日光(にっこう)(した)でよく()された干物(ほしもの)だと()きました。

      I was told by a local resident that the specialty of this area is dried fish that has been well dried under the sun.

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